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Tom-the-eagle Flag Croydon 21 Jun 17 8.28am

Simon Cowell has now released a Grenfell Tower charity single.

Haven't the residents been through enough?

 


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hedgehog50 Flag Croydon 21 Jun 17 9.26am

Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle

Simon Cowell has now released a Grenfell Tower charity single.

Haven't the residents been through enough?

Are the day of rage people going to occupy Simon's house? After all, he must be a principle cause of all evil mustn't he? If we only give all his money to those that don't have as much, everything will be all right.

Edited by hedgehog50 (21 Jun 2017 10.59am)

 


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View npn's Profile npn Flag Crowborough 21 Jun 17 10.27am Send a Private Message to npn Add npn as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

Appears that the 'renovation' work was not actually signed off!


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No it doesn't:

an online statement from Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea read: "Please note that the status ‘Completed Not approved’ does not mean that the work was not approved under the Building Regulations.

"The formal signing off of the work was provided by a completion certificate and not by a full plans decision notice, which was not required in this case. The system status “Not approved” appears because a decision notice was not issued. However, a completion certificate was issued signing off the works under the Building Regulations."

 

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 21 Jun 17 10.44am

Originally posted by npn

No it doesn't:

an online statement from Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea read: "Please note that the status ‘Completed Not approved’ does not mean that the work was not approved under the Building Regulations.

"The formal signing off of the work was provided by a completion certificate and not by a full plans decision notice, which was not required in this case. The system status “Not approved” appears because a decision notice was not issued. However, a completion certificate was issued signing off the works under the Building Regulations."

Thanks for clearing that up. Who signed the completion certificate? Theyve probably left the country.

 

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View npn's Profile npn Flag Crowborough 21 Jun 17 11.02am Send a Private Message to npn Add npn as a friend

Originally posted by nickgusset

Thanks for clearing that up. Who signed the completion certificate? Theyve probably left the country.

How on earth would I know that?

There are regulations in place - it may well be that this horrible event will lead to tightening up of some regulations (certainly cladding any building in flammable material seems crazy to me, but I'm a layman and have no relevant knowledge).

This is why I find this "day of rage" farcical - what are we raging at? There are still unidentified bodies in the building, we have no knowledge of what went wrong and what the underlying cause was. It's fine to be angry (a natural reaction to death) but to call people out on the streets to be directed to be angry at who you want them to be angry at (I assume it will turn into an anti-Tory demo as these things will) is both pointless and irresponsible until more is known about what has gone on.

 

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 21 Jun 17 11.09am

Originally posted by npn

How on earth would I know that?

There are regulations in place - it may well be that this horrible event will lead to tightening up of some regulations (certainly cladding any building in flammable material seems crazy to me, but I'm a layman and have no relevant knowledge).

This is why I find this "day of rage" farcical - what are we raging at? There are still unidentified bodies in the building, we have no knowledge of what went wrong and what the underlying cause was. It's fine to be angry (a natural reaction to death) but to call people out on the streets to be directed to be angry at who you want them to be angry at (I assume it will turn into an anti-Tory demo as these things will) is both pointless and irresponsible until more is known about what has gone on.


Someone should know who signed it off. Shouldn't this information be readily available?
The day of rage was organised before Grenfell.

Changing tack, to add to my anger, the tenants association wanted to take the almo to court around safety fears but were prevented because access to legal aid has gone (because , get this, it favoured the rich). So not only were their concerns ignored, they were prevented from taking the matter further.

Now is it political or not to take away help for the less well off in legal matters? I'd say it is.

Edited by nickgusset (21 Jun 2017 11.10am)

 

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View Jimenez's Profile Jimenez Flag SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 21 Jun 17 1.15pm Send a Private Message to Jimenez Add Jimenez as a friend

Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle

Simon Cowell has now released a Grenfell Tower charity single.

Haven't the residents been through enough?

 


Pro USA & Israel

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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 21 Jun 17 1.23pm

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Blimey, how prescient.

 

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View Y Ddraig Goch's Profile Y Ddraig Goch Flag In The Crowd 21 Jun 17 2.00pm Send a Private Message to Y Ddraig Goch Add Y Ddraig Goch as a friend

Government has bought 68 flats for the survivors not far from the Grenfell Tower

 


the dignified don't even enter in the game

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View Jimenez's Profile Jimenez Flag SELHURSTPARKCHESTER,DA BRONX 21 Jun 17 2.24pm Send a Private Message to Jimenez Add Jimenez as a friend

Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch

Government has bought 68 flats for the survivors not far from the Grenfell Tower

Pretty fast action by the government to be honest, thoughts Nick?

 


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nickgusset Flag Shizzlehurst 21 Jun 17 2.33pm

Originally posted by Jimenez

Pretty fast action by the government to be honest, thoughts Nick?

Good. Funny how they can find places when put under a bit of pressure. Only another 1200 dormant properties left in the borough.

 

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